Sri Lanka's off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan continues to head Cricinfo.com's latest Lion Ratings, which rate Sri Lankan players according to their performance in batting, bowling and fielding in both Test and One-Day-Internationals.

Lion Ratings, which is powered by CricInfo.com, is a sophisticated rating system that computes the aggregate value of each Sri Lankan player over a 12-month period. Even catches are taken into consideration and an aggregate value is produced for each player.

Muralitharan's wicket-taking exploits have been so phenomenal over the past year that he has retained the Lion Ratings despite spending nearly two months on the sidelines nursing a dislocated shoulder.

Captain Sanath Jayasuriya and fast bowler Chaminda Vaas are second and third while both Mahela Jayawardene in the number four position, and Vice Captain Marvan Atapattu, number five, picked up points after their brilliant hundreds against England at Lords last month.

1 Muttiah Muralitharan 2,498
2 Sanath Jayasuriya 1,849
3 Chaminda Vaas 1,760
4 Mahela Jayawardene 1,677
5 Marvan Atapattu 1,365
6 Kumar Sangakkara 1,356
7 Russel Arnold 928
8 Hashan Tillakaratne 833
9 Thilan Samaraweera 653
10 Charitha Buddhika Fernando 455

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